“It’s about time things start coming back here,” Johnson said of south Lansing.

Bake N' Cakes' current location at 3003 E. Kalamazoo St. has been open for about 35 years and was forced to close for nine days after it was damaged in late February by flooding caused by torrential rainfall.

Bake N' Cakes security footage shows about six inches of water in the Lansing Township bakery following flooding on Thursday, Feb. 22, 2018.(Photo11: Jeff Johnson)

Johnson said the new location on the south side will have a kitchen where staff can fry doughnuts. The doughnuts are expected to be sold at both locations. He said the current location stopped making doughnuts about 30 years ago.

“This opportunity came up in my own backyard," Johnson said of the new 1,000-square-foot store. "I had to jump on this.”

Johnson, 59, grew up on the south side and graduated from Harry Hill High School. He also attended Dwight Rich Middle School and Wainwright and Wexford elementary schools.

Johnson intends to offer tastes of the new store's doughnut offerings at the Lansing Harmony Celebration. It will be held Sept. 8 from noon to 9 p.m. at Benjamin Davis Park, south of Jolly and Wise roads.

Johnson also would like to offer ice cream at the new store this spring, including ice cream cakes.